title: Design of a gold nanoprobe for rapid and portable mercury detection with the naked eye.
abstract: A gold nanoprobe that can respond colorimetrically to Hg(2+) is designed and coupled with a power-free PDMS device; the system can be used for rapid and visual detection of low micromolar Hg(2+) in real environmental samples.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China.
authors.forename: Shijiang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Changfeng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shiping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Lihua
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yitao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Chunhai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003124:Colorimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D015195:Drug Design; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008628:Mercury / Q000032:analysis*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; D013941:Thymine / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; C013830:baysilon; D006046:Gold; D008628:Mercury; D013941:Thymine